Damn Hunter Life Chapter 26
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While most successors were recovering and regular hunters were refraining from activities to mourn colleagues who died in this gate, the school was quietly lifeless.
In a dim room inside a traditional Korean house.
Ja Hyeong-woo called out to the one lying on the bed like the dead.
“Gang-hyeon.”
No answer came back.
He called once more. This time with even heavier, more distant emotion than the previous call.
As heavy as the childhood memories he kept.
The nickname he was allowed to use back then, which he doesn’t voice now because you’d get angry if you heard it.
“Hyeon-ah…”
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Fucking crazy Gang-hyeon awakening [1174]
A sickly beautiful man saves the world…
But damn, this is brutal
It’s not a movie and I’ve never seen someone vomit blood like that…
They say it’s not that he got hit by his own skill
He has the ability but his body couldn’t handle it so it burst
—Comments—
—There was a rumor going around that Gang-hyeon was sick for a while
∟It just ended as a rumor. What sick person drinks that much alcohol… And he absolutely denied it himself
∟Seriously though, he’s suspiciously thin like a patient for real
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Huuuhugheukheuk [2440]
Really the successors… Fuck I can’t help but love these kids… ã… ã… ã… ã… ã… ã… ã… ã… Crazy shit kids we’re sorry ã… ã… ã… ã… ã… Sorry for being weak sorry for being incompetent…
—Comments—
—ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I wondered why you weren’t coming out, terrible over-immersion user → Of course I’m talking about myself. Ah fuck I love Sae-geon oppa so much oppa just retire this year and come out I’ll marry you
—Fuck Cho-hui noona! Use me as your meat shield noona
—Is Hae Mi-jun actually insane? Luring the boss mob there, all the noonas cried so much because of you… Our baby cutie noonas have no face to show you
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This is all because of Jin Seol-woon [467]
Sorry for stirring up trouble
I’m talking about the Innate fan cafe
Right now Jin Seol-woon fans are doing letter relays and flooding SNS timelines
Jin Seol-woon came out carried by Woo Sae-geon
They thought the kid died and flooded the timeline with tears
The Innate members also had breakdowns and canceled stuff, it’s chaos
Current real-time search rankings
- Busan Gate
- Successors
- Gang-hyeon
4th place has ‘Jin Seol-woon Esi’
Was Gift Form this powerful;;; (Innate fandom name)
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Honestly I think “now of all times?” [2629]
It’s a crazy surge though
The graph is shooting to the sky, insane upper limit
But it’s like Gang-hyeon’s shaky ankles, looks like it’ll break miserably and hit rock bottom tomorrow
Will Gang-hyeon train properly?
Until now even though he was fucking annoying, we just left him alone since he didn’t work
But if he’s awakened now the story’s different.
I think he needs to explain the interview attitude controversy first before proceeding
—Comments—
—GGH will probably abuse his power quite a bit honestly
—The part predicting bad attitude. What do we do with a problem runaway joining the successors;;
—Honestly the boss mob was just the last hit after everyone else beat it up
∟Already getting last-hit-stealer treatment
—Still thanks to GGH it was resolved well without military casualties
∟The video looked pretty serious, if he’s finally come to his senses then whatever
∟We’ll see…
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Ja Hyeong-woo Gang-hyeon [832]
What are these two
Zero camera consciousness and what’s with the princess carry
What’s with the size difference really…
GGH what were they talking about before he fainted, I’m so curious I can’t sleep tonight
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Here comes the JHY GGH childhood friends theory again [346]
- When GGH comes up in interviews, JHY’s facial muscles twitch and he consistently says “I won’t answer.” Shows agitation.
- They have the same birthplace and same elementary school. (Different middle and high schools)
- JHY is extremely T-type, stays calm while healing anyone who gets hurt. But when GGH vomited blood this time, he looked at him with a totally shocked face.
+ Look at comments saying “If you zoom in the video the quality gets shit and all expressions get blurred, isn’t this just delusion?”
The staff JHY dropped was glowing by itself, that’s JHY using heal. But the skill not activating means he used up all his skill counts. He knows he used them all but keeps trying, that’s because he was shocked.
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As soon as Hae Mi-jun’s healing skill recharged, he teleported to Gang-hyeon’s house.
‘Hyeong-woo hyung said he was taking care of him…’
After the world-spinning sensation passed and he opened his eyes, Hae Mi-jun was in Gang-hyeon’s room.
“You came.”
Hae Mi-jun was startled looking at the bed. Ja Hyeong-woo had removed Gang-hyeon’s upper clothing and laid him down.
He glanced at Ja Hyeong-woo, but his expression was calm. It seemed like Hae Mi-jun was the only one feeling awkward here.
‘If it was someone other than Gang-hyeon hyung, he definitely wouldn’t have touched their clothes…’
Moreover, skin contact isn’t particularly necessary for using healing skills.
Even when Hae Mi-jun trained with Ja Hyeong-woo before and needed contact for attribute guidance, Ja Hyeong-woo politely suggested undressing and kept touching to a minimum.
‘Then is it because he’s close with Gang-hyeon hyung?’
But for that, Ja Hyeong-woo’s expression wasn’t good. Rather than being because Gang-hyeon hyung was hurt, there seemed to be some fundamental distance.
Hae Mi-jun sneakily raised his gaze to face Gang-hyeon again. After all, he was a patient who needed treatment, so he should look properly. That’s how he convinced himself.
The upper body he saw for the first time was heartbreakingly thin.
Yet the body’s form and pale skin tone didn’t make him think it looked bad. Rather—
‘Pink…’
Hae Mi-jun was startled by his own unconscious thought. He lowered his head to hide his rapidly reddening cheeks.
Ja Hyeong-woo seemed not to notice Hae Mi-jun’s condition as he stepped back slightly and gestured forward.
“I healed the damaged insides with my skill. It’s your turn.”
If Ja Hyeong-woo had treated the severely damaged interior, Hae Mi-jun had to restore the depleted stamina so Gang-hyeon could open his eyes and move.
Hae Mi-jun held his palm above Gang-hyeon’s upper chest. Blue light spread evenly over Gang-hyeon’s body.
“Uh…”
But Hae Mi-jun soon looked puzzled. The stamina recovery skill didn’t work on the target.
Ja Hyeong-woo, frowning deeply, stepped closer to examine. Hae Mi-jun trembled like someone who had committed a crime.
“Is, is it because I’m lacking? Then Gang-hyeon hyung because of me…”
Tears welled up instantly, but faster than they could flow down his cheeks, Ja Hyeong-woo identified the cause.
“Look carefully. The light from the skill isn’t absorbing, it’s just floating on top.”
He pointed with his finger and explained quietly.
“It’s not that he’s not getting better despite using the skill, but that it’s not your jurisdiction.”
He was a good healer teacher. Even in this situation, he was calmly giving guidance to Hae Mi-jun as a senior.
According to Ja Hyeong-woo’s words that he’s not a target for skill use, Gang-hyeon’s current state is one of two things. Either Gang-hyeon is already in a healthy state. Or Gang-hyeon’s body is fundamentally in a realm where skills can’t boost vitality…
“I don’t know.”
Unfortunately, there was no way to know the answer right now.
Ja Hyeong-woo judged that instead of skills, nutritional IV drip injections purchasable from the Hunter School shop would be effective. Even though there was nothing else he could particularly do, he stayed by his side the whole time.
Fortunately, Gang-hyeon regained consciousness on his own in less than three days.
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My head was too hazy, like I had died and come back to life.
‘It’s because I did too much.’
It was also the first time I had vomited blood like that.
Now having Ja Hyeong-woo by the bedside wasn’t a surprising phenomenon anymore. Ja Hyeong-woo just stared silently as if waiting for me to notice him.
I tried moving my shoulders a little and realized. My upper body was bare.
I flinched and pulled the blanket around my waist to cover my body. Then Ja Hyeong-woo’s expression became strange.
“…”
I know I just did something weird between guys, but it’s embarrassing to be seen by that bastard of all people. Because I’m too white and thin.
“You seem fine with moving. Say anything. Can you speak?”
Maybe because I was a patient, his tone was quite gentle even to me who had that kind of conversation with him in front of the gate.
‘Hmm…’
As the events in front of the gate came back to me, my body, which had seemed fully recovered, trembled minutely again.
The moment I accepted the weight that successors bear in Korea as my own.
The moment I desperately tried to get hurt instead of Ja Hyeong-woo… things like that came to mind.
I turned away from Ja Hyeong-woo’s face.
‘You can curse me as an ungrateful bastard, a bad bastard, I don’t care. Even if you hold a grudge and try to get revenge on me later, I’ll accept it.’
Right now I can’t handle your existence.
“Get out.”
Covering my tired eyes with my arm, I inevitably brought out the most vicious and annoying tone.
“Aren’t you going to train? How long are you going to rest?”
The effect was certain as always. Ja Hyeong-woo’s face, which had been gently relaxed, immediately hardened.
“And I’m telling you again, sleep properly. Don’t collapse again and cause trouble then say it’s because of me.”
Ja Hyeong-woo, who had come close, suddenly pulled the blanket off my body.
“What are you—”
My body briefly shrank from the cold air touching my skin. I tried to cover myself with my arms but Ja Hyeong-woo covered my arms with the blanket too and pulled it up to my neck. Then he glared at me and spoke clearly.
“Even if the sky falls I’ll sleep 6 hours a day, so speak nicely.”
“…This rat bastard.”
Half reflexively, half sincerely, I spat out even harsher words.
As Ja Hyeong-woo left the room, he glanced back from the doorway. His gaze was off to be looking at me, but his eyes were too fierce to be looking somewhere else entirely.
“I’ll wait at the successor training ground.”
I was wondering what he meant and watching quietly when I heard the next words too.
“You awakened. Come try it once. That thing called training.”
…This bastard holds a grudge against me.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
